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Folk Costume of the Swedish - Estonian islands of Pakri / Rågö
Hello all, Today I would like to talk about a Folk Costume tradition which is no longer alive. This is that of the Swedish Estonian community once found on the Pakri Islands, Pakri saared in Estonian,...
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Folk Costume and Embroidery of the island of Hiiumaa or Dagö, Estonia
Hello all, Today I would like to talk about the costumes of Hiiumaa, an Island in the northwest of Estonia. This island is shaped rather like Crimea, with peninsulas at each of the cardinal points of...
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Folk Costume and Embroidery of the Hutsuls, Ukraine: Part 1. Nadvirna area.
Hello all, Today I would like to talk about the Hutsul people. I have written about them before, but today I would like to cover all the various subgroups, and exactly where they are found. They live...
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Embroidery of the Hutsul region, Part 2, Rakhiw
Hello all, Starting with this article, I will separate the costume and embroidery portions of each Hutsul region into two, because of the large amount of material available. This article is about the...
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Folk Costume of the Hutsul Region, Part 3 Kosmach
Hello all, Today I will talk about the third region of Hutsulshchyna, and the smallest. This consists of one town, Kosmach. This town is found in the upper Pistyn's'ka river valley, and is rather...
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Embroidery of the Hutsul region, Part 3. Kosmach
Hello all, Today I will talk once more about Kosmach embroidery. I have a couple of old articles on the subject which I will delete, and incorporate the material into this article. This embroidery is...
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Folk Costume of the Hutsuls, part 5, Verkhovyna region
Hello all, Today I will be continuing my overview of the Hutsul Costumes by talking about the Verkhovyna region. This term may be somewhat confusing, as 'Verkhovyna' just means 'Highlands', and is...
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Embroidery of the Hutsul Region, Part 5, Verkhovyna
Hello all, Today I will take a closer look at the embroidery of the Verkhovyno Region of Hutsulshchyna. This means mostly nyzynka. Nyzynka is darning stitch with the white areas filled in with...
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Folk Costume of the Hutsuls, Ukraine. Part 4, Kosiv Region
Hello all, Today I will continue my coverage of Hutsul costume by looking at the region of Kosiw. Kosiv lies in the northeast of the Hutsul region, and borders on Pokuttia. It lies north of the...
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Embroidery of the Hutsul Region, Part 4a, Kosiv - cross stitch and nyzynka
Hello all, Today I will continue talking in more detail about the embroidery of the Kosiv region of Hutsulshchyna. This is located in the northeast part of the Hutsul lands, for more detail see my...
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Embroidery of the Hutsul Region, Part 4b, Kosiv - Curly Stitch
Hello all, Today I will continue to talk about the embroidery of the Kosiv region, by talking about a more unusual type of embroidery. This is called in Ukrainian 'kucheryavyj show', which translates...
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Folk Costume and Embroidery of the Hutsuls, Part 6, Putyla Region
Hello all, Today I will continue talking about the Hutsul region by adressing the Putyla Region. This lies mostly in Chernivtsi Oblast, consisting of the Putyla and Siret River valleys, and also the...
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Costume and Embroidery of the Hutsuls, part 7a. Hutsuls in Romania, Suceava...
Hello all, Today I will conclude my overview of the Hutsuls by talking about those in Romania. When the current border was drawn, part of Hutsulshchyna was left south of the border. The Hutsuls in...
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